Gallery | Visiting a milk production facility in Haiti

Dr. Michel Chancy, who works for the Ministry of Agriculture, and oversees a milk production facility in Bon Repos, holds bottles of pasteurized milk that have been sterilized for longer shelf life. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Dr. Michel Chancy, who works for the Ministry of Agriculture and oversees a milk production facility in Bon Repos that buys cows' milk from local farmers and citizens, examines a receipt for payment that has been stamped after the milk passed quality control testing. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Dr. Michel Chancy, who works for the Ministry of Agriculture, oversees a milk production facility in Bon Repos, just north of Port-au-Prince, that buys cows' milk from local farmers and citizens. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Workers carry newly pasteurized milk in an urn to a cooling tank, after which it will be made into yogurt, at a milk production facility in Bon Repos. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Workers lower newly pasteurized milk in urns into a cooling tank, after which it will be made into yogurt, at a milk production facility in Bon Repos. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Pasteurized milk which cannot be stored in refrigeration is sterilized in autoclaves after pasteurization at a milk production facility in Bon Repos, just north of Port-au-Prince, that buys cows' milk from local farmers and citizens. The milk goes to 44 local schools as well as markets. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Pasteurized milk, packaged in plastic packets for quick sale in markets, at a milk production facility in Bon Repos, just north of Port-au-Prince, that buys cows' milk from local farmers and citizens. The milk goes to 44 local schools as well as markets. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
A worker inserts a digital thermometer into a milk urn heating over gas flames for pasteurization at a milk production facility in Bon Repos, just north of Port-au-Prince, that buys cows' milk from local farmers and citizens. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
A worker inserts a digital thermometer into a milk urn heating over gas flames for pasteurization at a milk production facility in Bon Repos, just north of Port-au-Prince, that buys cows' milk from local farmers and citizens. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
A worker stirs milk in urns that are heating over gas flames at a milk production facility in Bon Repos, just north of Port-au-Prince, that buys cows' milk from local farmers and citizens. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Workers pour local milk into urns before pasteurizing at a milk production facility in Bon Repos, just north of Port-au-Prince, that buys cows' milk from local farmers and citizens. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
A worker tests local milk for impurities before starting the pasteurization process at a milk production facility in Bon Repos, just north of Port-au-Prince, that buys cows' milk from local farmers and citizens. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Electricity for a milk production facility in Bon Repos is produced with solar cells on the roof. Here booster cells on a high shelf feed electricity through an regulator, then into an outlet to power a refrigerator. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Bottled yogurt at a milk production facility in Bon Repos. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
A young boy delivers his father's milk to a milk production facility in Bon Repos that buys cows' milk from local farmers and citizens. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Dr. Michel Chancy, who works for the Ministry of Agriculture and oversees a milk production facility in Bon Repos, tosses a dried stalk of cattle grazing plant material onto a pile used in the classes they teach on organic and beneficial farming and livestock methods. JOHN VANBEEKUM / MIAMI HERALD STAFF